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Old 29th Aug 2009, 12:00
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Jim59
 
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During daylight hours the surface wind is about two thirds of the 1000' wind due to turbulent mixing caused by heat from the sun, at night it is nearer to one third of the 1000' foot wind. As the wind increases with altitude it will tend to veer.
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